The Crescent in Valdosta is the restored Neoclassical home of Senator William S. West and serves today as the headquarters for the city's garden club. Constructed between 1897 and 1899, the house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. Image from Judson McCranie The New Georgia Encyclopedia does not hold the copyright for this media resource and can neither grant nor deny permission to republish or reproduce the image online or in print.

Thomasville, the county seat of Thomas County, is located in southwest Georgia’s wiregrass region. The city is forty miles north of Tallahassee, Florida, and fifty-four miles south of Albany. Originally the home of the Apalachee Indians and the Lower Creek Indians, the area was first visited by Europeans when Hernando de Soto’s Spanish expedition passed through in 1539-40. After the American Revolution (1775-83) it became a part of Georgia and the United States.

Thomasville became a popular resort town during the 1860s for wealthy northerners seeking a milder climate during the winter months. The Masury Hotel (left foreground) was constructed at the corner of Broad and Jefferson streets in 1889 to accommodate such visitors. The New Georgia Encyclopedia does not hold the copyright for this media resource and can neither grant nor deny permission to republish or reproduce the image online or in print.

The firm of Thompson, Ventulett, Stainback, and Associates (TVS) first came into prominence with the building of Atlanta’s Omni Coliseum (1968-72), a multipurpose arena seating 16,500 spectators. On the strength of this and other urban design projects, TVS joins architect John Portman as Atlanta’s premier designers of trade and convention space, in a city that has become an international trading center. The Omni featured an “ortho-quad truss” system of truncated rood pyramids and four cantilevered trusses.

Company founders Tom Forkner (left) and Joe Rogers pose in a newly built Waffle House. The two partners have built one of the most successful restaurant chains in the Southeast. Courtesy of Bill Lisenby Photography The New Georgia Encyclopedia does not hold the copyright for this media resource and can neither grant nor deny permission to republish or reproduce the image online or in print. All requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource must be submitted to the rights holder.